Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 5

[} \ SMITH'S STRATEGY | - WAYWINHIM SEAT Insistence on Hearing at' R Present Seen as Move to & Uphold Prestige. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Col. Frank Smith of Illinois, wWho ‘was appointed Senator by Gov. Small, may be an ebstinate man in refusing | to accepy ,i> dictates of the Republi- can party leaders, but among outsid- ers there is a growing belief that the course he has taken in demanding en- trance to the Senate is not as fool- hardy as it seems on the surface. Col. Smith will insist on a hearing. The Senate can hardly pass on his case without giving him the right to testify. The understanding now is NEW LIGHTS ON TONIGHT. Massachusetts Avenue Traffic Sig- nals Are Now Ready. Automatic trafc 1ghts installed recently on Massachusetts avenue from Twelfth street to the four corners of Mount Vernon Sguare jprobably will be turned on tonight for a test, it was announced today by raffic Director M. O. Eldridge. The operation of these lights will make Massachusetts avenue an automatic- controlled thoroughfare from Mount The control switch for the Massa- chusetts avenue lights, east of Four- teenth street, has been installed in No. 6 Fire Engine House on Massa- avenue between Fourth and streets. The lights between now controlled by the sw.tch in No. 1 Fire Engine House, on K street near Seventeenth street, but these will be shifted to the control switch in No. ¢ Engine Hou SHERIFF IN CHICAGO that his credentials when presented will be held up and that an inquiry will then be conducted. Col. Smith is convinced of the merit of his cause. At any rate, he is as anxious as is the Senate to have his status cleared up, and, while some political advisers have told him that he would stand a better chance in the session of De- cember, 1927, than today, the chances are that if the Senate would turn him down mow it would surely reject him One of Qualifications. stion is not whether he was v appointed or legally elected, but whether he is qualified to sit in the Senate at all. While, therefore, might inconvenience th Jeaders to have the controve it was it would cause an tra session, the fact is the case need never come to the floor of the Senate at all if the committee does not finish its work by the end of the present session, March 4. What Col. Smith had in mind, cording to his friends here, w 1he faflure of the governor to appoint him would be accepted as a direct slap on the part of the governor of o soverelgn State, especially when the people had elected Col. Smith in the face of the charges presented after the primary election. To be turned down by the governor might prejudice opinfon against him and make it ap- pear that the State of Illinois was not back of the man it had elected. So while the® party leaders in Wash- ington sought to persuade Col. Smith not to accept the appointment, his conviction was that a trial of the case on its merits would be better now than later. For the case will be tried in commit- tee and the vote against accepting the eredentials cannot be anything else but a rejection pending an inquiry by ‘the committen. If the leaders fear that the bringing of the case to a vote after the com- imittee has reported would mean a fili- bustcring opuortunity to force an ex tra session, they have it in their pow- er to set the date for hearings some time in February, and the State of Tilinois would then not have any one in the present Senate except Senator Deneen. Prestige Is at Stake. Thus for reasons of prestige and backing from his own State, €ol. Smith is insistent. To have stayed away by refusing the appoifitment might have been construed sis an ad- mission of gullt or Wi ess. Col. * Smith is confident of the merit of his defense, and is said to have an agree- able personality. , He is reported to have remarked that if he could get to Washington to argue his own case he would make sufficient friends to turn ‘the majority now against him into a friendly jury. It remains to be seen whether Col. 8mith or Senate leaders have adopted the better strategy, and while there is Uritation at the moment because of Mr. Smith’s persistence, he will have a better chance to make the fight in advance of the next session than he might have had in the many months that might have dragged by in the 1927 session, especially with its proximity to the 1928 elections, when he might lose votes that he could count on now. The Smith con- test, therefore, is soon to be before the ‘Senate for investigation, with tho | probability that it will not be disposed | ©f at this session at all. i (Covyright. 1926 { —— WEST INVITES PRESIDENT. ‘Penrose Residence in Colorado Of- fered as Summer Home. President Coolidge has been invited te spend next Summer in Colorado. An invitation to transfer the Summer White House from the East to the ‘West has been submitted on behalf of Bpencer Penrose, a brother of the late Boles Penrose, by Secretary of Inte- rior Work. With the invitation were submitted a number of photographs, with a panoramic view of Broadmoor, suburb of Colorado Springs, showing the Broadmoor golf course, polo grounds, the country club, residences and the home of Mr. Penrese, a 70- acre estate, said to be equipped with ell modern conveniences. The grounds of the Penrose estate overlook Colorado Springs, and are eituated at the foot of the Cheyenne Mountains. The residence is located in a grove of fruit and shade trees and 4s surrounded by gardens. The invi- tation presented by Secretary Work ‘was accompanied by a personal letter from Mr. Penrose offering the Presl- dent the use of the Penrose residence. Secretary Work assured the President of a warm welcome in Colorado, if he epends the Summer in the Rocky Mountain State. X —— PLAN TRAFFIC RELIEF. Dougherty and Eldridge Consider Intersection Problem. Plans for remedying the serious traffic situation at the intersection of Connecticut and Florida avenues were considered yesterday by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Traffic Director Maurice O. Eldridge. Comm ssioner Dougherty _belleves that the situation could be improved by eliminating the triangle bounded by S street, Ilorida and Connecticut avenues, the installation of an auto- matic traffic light and the erection of @ street car loading platform which would permit traffic to flow while the cars are taking on or d.scharging passengers. The Federal have to ded’c small triangul was pointed out, could be adopted. Resignation Is Accepted. Resignation of Maj. Frank H, Phipps, jr., Coast Artillery Corps, now ot Bdgartown, Mass., on leave of ab- sence, has been accepted by the Presi- deut. Maj. Phipps is from New York was graduated from the Military "Academy in June, 1902. Most of his service hes been in the Artiilery arm, sn which he reached the grade of mador in July. 1920. During ‘World War he se a colonel in the National A as recently stationed in N in the party now, Government would to the District the strip, however, it before this plan THREATENS TO QUIT Hoffman, Recently Acquitted of Conspiracy, Says He Needs 183 More Aides. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December Hoffman, sheriff of Cook (Chicago), recently acquitted in Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice, although he serv ed a onemonth fail sentence for contempt growing | out of the { situatdon, threatened to sign, he ed tods he gets adequate assistance for operating h Hoffman’ fense in the con- tempt and con- spiracy cases was that he was a heavily _overbur- dened publ ¢ serv- ant forced to 2 operate through subheads ahd not always cognizant of happenings in various departments under his jurisdiction. He is holding office at present be- cause P. J. Carr, sheriff-elect, died before he could take office. “I have not resigned, but if 1 do Sheriffl Hoffman. Vernon Square west to Dupont Circle. | | pendency of condemnation I'l have a lot to tell the public,” Sheriff Hoffman said. He declared he needed 183 more deputies. MARIE SEN~DS GREETING. Christmas Message to Americans Is Given to President. Queen Marie yesterday sent her Christmas greeting to. the American people from the royal palace in Bucharest through William Nelson Cromwell of New York, president of the Fr#ends of Rumania Society, who delivered it to President Cpolidge. The message read: visit to America has passed like a dream, leaving a great glow of love and gratitude. For myself and my chil- dren I send Christmas greetings and best wishes to the people of wonder- ful America, to one and all, to the humble as well as the great, to those we met and those we regretfully could 24 Corps Areu. A SR A ‘What is believed to be the oldest 1oy in Engiand is & doll's house, 2 thought to dato back to the time of @ueen Aune, that was found recently. 2 e 4 P07 2 Z - % L THE EVE BILL TO SAVE PARK LAND IS REPORTED House District Committee Sends Measure to Calendar to Expedite Action. The House District committee today ordered a favorable report on the bill Tweltth and Fourteenth mtrens oon | introduced by Chairman Zihlman, at the request of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, to prevent development work er de- spoiling the natural conditions of land desired for park purposes during the proceed- ings. Mr. Zihlman urged prompt action on this measure as one of very ur- gent necessity. Another Bill Planned. It was agreed that after this bill has taken its place on the calendar. in order to get it as advanced consid- eration as possible, another bill ma: be substituted more in conformity with the views of the committee. Fred S. Coldren, attorney and sec- retary of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, also urged prompt action on this measure in or- der to prevent some very desirable lands for park purposes being so spoiled that they would never again be suitable for use as park Representative can, and Gilbert, Democrat, que: the constitutionality of the measure. They expressed the opinion that the could better be ob- ugh regular court proce ring a restraining order. M id he would not support *his bill, but had no objection to its being reported. s B T R SEPARATION IS GRANTED. Interlocutory Divorce Decree Is Awarded Mrs, M. L. Beavers. Justice Hitz today in Equity Court awarded Mrs. Margaret L. Beavers, 34 Eighth street northeast, an inter- locutory decree of divorce from Charles L. Beavers, on charges grow- ing out of a police raid on an apart- ment said to have been occupied by the husband. The wife filed suit March 8 last, alleging that Beavers was convicted in Police Court of a statutory offense on May 30, 1924, and she did not learn of the incident until over a year later. Under the provisions of the inter- tocutory order Beavers will be re- quired to pay counsel fees. The parties were married in 1923 in Rock- ville, Md., and have no children. At- torneys Raymond Neudecker and Willilam C. Ashford appeared for the wife. —e Army Medical Corps Changes. Recent changes in the Army Medi- cal Corps include the transfer of Col. Frank R. Keefer from New York City to this eity, for duty in the offi of the Surgeon General, War Depa ment, the transfer of Col. Albert E. Truby from San Francisco to New York City, the transfer of Lieut. Col. Wallace DeWitt from San Antonip, Tex., to S8an Francisco, and the tra fer of Col. Harry L. Gilchrist from Edgewood Arsenal, Md., to this city, for duty in the office of the chief of Chemical Warfare Servic: G STAR, WASHINGTON, ELDRIDGE IS ADAMANT. Will Not Restore Dry Violators’ Permits in Yule Spirit. Traflc Director M. 0. Eldridge served notice today on the bootlegging gentry of Washington who lost thelr automoblle drivers’ permits during the yeat that the spirit of Christmas Would not move him to restore them. For the past week now Mr. Eldridge has received an unusual number of | pleas from persons whose privilege to drive an automoblle was taken away to return their permits. Most | of them came from drivers who were { either convicted or are awaiting trial on a_charge of transporting liquor, Mr. Eldridge has steadfastly refused to return the permits, despite the ap proach of Christmas and the spirit of forgiveness and generosity that comes with it. “The boys say I'm hard hearted,' sald the traffic director. “Well, I’ that's true, I am sure the splrit o Christmas will not soften my heart even though some people accept th bootlegger as a necessary evil at thi time of the year.” U. S. TO SEND WARSHIP TO POINT IN HONDURAS Consul, Mn;;g Bequ;st for Ves sel, Reiterates That Disturbance Is Local at La Ceiba. By the Associated Press. Threat of disorders at La Ceiba Honduras, reported by the America consul, prompted the State Depart ment to ask that the Navy send - warship to that place immediately Houston, Republi-| The department announced that the ioned | consul had reported the s tuation as serious and “might possibly endange the lives and property of America: and other foreigners residing there The trouble at La Ceiba, official said, apparently was a recurrence ¢ the disorders last October, when locr military forces seized the town an burned the courthouse, after libera ing prisoners at "the penitentiary Consul Ernest E. Evans described tha situation as having no more thar local political significance, and he re iterated that statement in connectio’ with his request for a warship, mad: public today. ' Secretary Wilbur said he had aw thorized Rear Admiral Julian Lat' mer to dispatch a vessel to La Ceiba “PERSONAL AMBASSADOR’ TO MEXICO DISOWNEL President Has Not Sent 0. H. Saw; yer on Mission There, Nor Has State Department. By the Assoclated Press. Another of the “personal ambas- sador” stor'es that spring up when- ever an important diplomatic question is_pending was denied today at the ‘White House. President Coolidge disclosed that so far as he could recall he never had met O. H. S8awyer of Vermont, repre- sented by Mexico City newspapers as a close friend of the Chief Executive, sent to the Mexican capital on a mysterious m ssion. Another Mexico City story that Sawyer was a State Department agent produced a like denial from depart- ment officials, who said they did not know him and had no idea what he was doing in Mexico. AT A A state drive to increase the use o electricity in Victoria, Australia, wil Include the opening of many store: ‘where demonstrations will be made. With this glorious new shipment, you'll find here a selection of rich, rcally beautiful neckwear that out- ] strips any other store in town ten- ) o O fold. 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Accord- ‘ngly, the machinists announce, they | vill protest the award to the depart- ment. | “No Increase whatever was granted | he machinists’ trade, which is the| ‘argest numerically and the most| killed at any of the navy yards,” he| ald | ¥iffect Held Misleading. | “The Departmental Wage Board ap- | wWwe... . pa.u abso.utely no attention | o the favorable facts which, if con- tdered, would have justified a rate for machinists of $1 per hour as cainst the present rate of 84 to 91 rente nar hour at the several yards.” Continuing, his_ statement said, in | e | “The effect of the award as published | ung in that it states 17 ades or groups of employes received | ncreases of from 1 cent to 5 cents rer hour. The notice fails to show + onlv small groups were increased, some of them numbering less than six employes. Get No Increase. “The large groups such as the ma- iinists, who numbered at the Wash- 1gton Navy Yard, for instance, ap- roximately 1,000, received mno in- ‘ease. 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